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Konoha-keibu, or Chief Inspector Konoha, (Japanese: コノハけいぶ, Hepburn: Konoha-keibu) is the mascot character of the Aichi Prefectural Police.

History
Chief Inspector Konoha was established by Aichi Prefectural Police on July 8th, 1991. The motif of this mascot is the Eurasian scops owl, which is the prefectural bird of Aichi Prefecture1, and the rank of “Chief Inspector” is used so that it will be familiar to a wide range of people in the prefecture. The design was done by a designer from an external advertising company.Aichi Prefecture2 It is named after the Japanese name for the Eurasian scops owl: コノハズク, Hepburn: Konohazuku, thus got its name, and for the chief inspector rank: 警部, Hiragana: けいぶ, Hepburn: keibu.

Chief Inspector Konoha is the only police mascot character in Japan with a police rank.

Family of Konoha-keibu
In 2010 (Heisei 22), "Konoha Keibu Family" was newly made, and it was posted on the prefectural police website on September 21 of the same year (the relationship with Keibu Konoha is in parentheses). The design of the family was solicited within the prefectural police, and from among 504 designs, two designs by two police officers from the Atsuta and Nishi police stations were selected. From the perspective of gender equality, Keibu Konoha's wife "Konoha-mama" is also set as a police officer (her rank is the same as her husband, chief inspector).


 * Konoha ji-ji (father)
 * Konoha ba-ba (mother)
 * Konoha-mama (wife)
 * Konoha Ai (oldest daughter)
 * Konoha Mamoru (oldest son)
 * Konoha Mirai (second daughter)

The Konoha family is mainly used on the prefectural police website and in bulletins issued for staff.


 * Yuru-chara
 * Mascots

Uses
Costumes are used at events, used as a cover for push-button traffic lights. In addition, the prefectural police's Minami-Hisaya Kōban police boxAichi Prefecture3 is designed like Konoha-keibu as a motif, and is also used as a half-price sticker in supermarkets to raise awareness of traffic accident prevention.

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